Kristen's Recipes


        

Title:   MacGregor Famous Holiday Cheese Ball [Steve's]
Category:   Sauces & Gravies
From:   MacGregors
Ingredients:  
2 pckgs. (8 oz. each) softened cream cheese
1 jar (4 oz.) maraschino cherries- diced and patted dry- reserve 1 T juice
1/3 c finely diced green pepper
2 T dried minced onion
1 c well drained crushed pineapple
1/4 t seasoned salt
3/4 c finely chopped pecans
Directions:   Mix together cream cheese, cherries and juice, green pepper, onion, pineapple and seasoned salt. Refrigerate 4 hours. Pour pecans in a pie plate. Form cheese mixture into ball and roll in the nuts. Will keep in freeze 6 months; refrigerator 2 to 3 weeks.
Makes:   1 large ball